Collar



May 18 1926 J. S. EASTON COLLAR Filed Nov. 22, 1924 INVENTOR ATTORNEYr Patented May 18, 192%.

taste-1s JOHN S. EASTON, O13 TROY, NEW YORK.

COLLAR.

Application filed November 22, 1924. Serial No. 751,435.

This invention relates to an improved fabric and to collars made therefrom, one of the objects of the invention being the provi-.

sion of a fabric specially woven so that turning over of the collar top relatively to the neclrba d and edging of the collar are facilifated.

The collar of this application is of the one piece turn down or turn over type, and one method employed in the manufacture of such collars at the present time is to provide a weakened portion along the inner edge of the neckba-nd lengthwise of the collar, to define the fold line; in the edging of the col lar the fabric is merely turned over and stitched down.

By the present invention, however, it is unnecessary to weaken the collar fabric along the fold line, owing to the weave em ployed, and the fabric constituting the outer edge of the collar top is so woven that the edge may be readily turned under and stitched down, without materially thickening the edge of the coll r, thereby not only facilitating folding of the top of the collar over the neckband, but facilitating also the edging of thecollar, providing a neat and finished edge, as distinguished from the collar edges produced by the present methods.

A further object of the present invention is the provision of a fabric so woven that those portions constituting; the neckband and the outer edge of the collar top are more flexible than the collar top, thereby defining a fold line for the collar and improving the edging or finishing of the edge of the collar.

A still further object of the present invention is the provision of a fabric suitable for the manufacture of soft collars of the turn over type in which the number of warp threads in the fabric at certain predetermined intervals is reduced, thereby providing portions or zones of increased flexibility, one of these zones providing an edge for the collar while the other is employed for the neckband, the increased flexibility of these portions of the fabric facilitating folding of the top over the neckband and finishing of the edge of the collar.

In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 is a plan view of a section of fabric woven in accordance with the present invention, the outline of two collars having been indicated thereon in dotted lines; and

Fig. 2 is a View of a collar made up from the fabric of Fig. 1. i

The fabric illustrated in Fig. 1 is similar to the fabric of Benjamin Monaco application, Serial No. 751,444 filed November 2:2, 1924, and inasmuch as this fabric is fully described in said application and inasmuch as the specific weave thereof does not constitute a part of the present invention except in certain particulars hereinafter pointed out, a detailed description of the. fabric will not be given here. The fabric of the present invention is provided at medetermined intervals with a reduced number of warp threads, the fabric 1, as indicated in Fig. 1, having a portion 2 containing fewer warp threads than the fabric in the zone designated 3, likewise the fabric in the zone designated 4 contains fewer warp threads than the zone 3.

The fabric may be woven in broad widths, from 32 to 42", for example, and in the drawings a section of fabric wide enough for two collars has been shown, consequently, the zone designated 5 in Fig. 1, which is at the edge of the fabric opposite to the zone 2, also contains fewer warp threads than the zone 3.

In the manufacture of a fabric such as above described, the fabric is woven to such a width as to permit two or more collars to be cut therefrom side by side, the fabric in the drawing; being wide enough for two collars. In the cutting" out of the collars, the fabric is divided centrally longitudinally of the zone 4, along the line 6, as indicated, and, if desired, when weaving the fabric a warp thread may be omitted along this line as a guide in the division of the fabric. Cutting or dividing the fabric at 6 provides two sections of fabric, the zone 7 at one side of the dividing line 6 constituting the necltband portion of one collar, while the zone 7 on the other side of the same line 6 constitutes the neckband of another collar. The zone 3 ad joining one of the zones or panels 7 constitutes the top of one collar, while the zone adjoining the other zone or panel 7 constitutes the top of the other collar. The zones 2 and 5, respectively, provide the edging for the outside edge of the two collar tops, the edge portions between the broken lines 8 and 9 being turned over in finishing the collar, as indicated in Fig. 2. By reducing the numberof warp threads in the portion t of the fabric, that is to say, in the neckband 7 ot the collars, as compared to the number of Warp threads per inch in the top portions of each collar. it will be obvious that the top 5 may be readily folded over the neckband along the line designated 17. Tue necl-Iband of each collar, that is to say, the edge of the necltband, may be turned over along the lines designated 18 in Fig. l and stitched down to finish the edge of the nechband. The remainder of the collar, such as the buttonholes etc, may be finished in the usual way.

It should be noted that the fabric employed in connection with this invention is "ingle plv fabric, and for this reason the ply fabric of 1 has been selected, nuch as this fabric is adapted for the r racture of soft collars of the turn over type, beinr of such nature that collars made therefrom will stand up and hold their shape and conform snugly and com l ortahl the neck of the wearer Without employing wrch.

is to be understood that the expression wullars' throughout this specification. and throughout. the appended claims is to be interpreted to include cuti's as well, inasmuch the fabric above described is also well ashpterl "for the manufacture of cuii's.

While I have described the cutting of the collar from my improved fabric in such a War that the collar top is heavier than the nccldiand. it is to be understood that, it desired, the collar may be so cut that the necl-1- band is heav'er than the top. In other Words. instead of the zone 3 constituting the collar top and zone 7 the neckband, the zone 0 could Within the scope of this invention constitute the HGClilJZllld and the Zone 7 the top.

hat is claimed is:

1. A one piece collar comprising a single ply t'abric provided at intervals with zones containing a reduced number of warp threads to provide a neckband of the same thickness throughout and an edging for the collar top.

A one piece single ply fabric collar comprising an integral neckband and collar top the fabric at the outer edge of the collar lop being turned over to finish said edge, said turned over portion containing: a reduced number of Warp threads, and the nechband being of increased flexibility relatlVQlj, to the collar top.

3. A one piece single ply fabric collar comprising" an integral ncclcbaud and collar top, the edge. of the top being turned over to finish the same, the fabric composing the necltband and the turned over edge of the top containing a reduced number of warp threads relative to the number of warp threads in the main portion of the top.

4. A one piece single ply fabric collar coni- *isingz an integral necltband and collar top. 1e fabric composing the neckband being o substantially the same thickness throughout and containing a reduced number of Warp threads relative to the number oi Warp threads contained in the fabric composing the top.

This specification signed this 20th day of November 1924-.

JOHN S. EASTON. 

